As usual, the Vancouver Canucks were strong on the road. The St. Louis Blues didn't put up much of a fight.
Radim Vrbata had a goal and assist, and Eddie Lack made 23 saves as the Canucks opened a four-game trip with a 4-1 victory over the struggling Blues on Monday night. They will look for a repeat Tuesday against the Predators.
"We rise to the occasion against those good teams...

ST. LOUIS -- Radim Vrbata had a goal and assist, and Eddie Lack made 23 saves as the Vancouver Canucks opened a four-game trip with a 4-1 victory over the struggling St. Louis Blues on Monday night.
Zbynek Michalek scored for the Blues, who never led and missed a chance to clinch a playoff spot with a victory. St. Louis has lost two straight at home, has one win its last six games...

ST. LOUIS (AP) Radim Vrbata had a goal and assist, and Eddie Lack made 23 saves as the Vancouver Canucks opened a four-game trip with a 4-1 victory over the struggling St. Louis Blues on Monday night.
Zbynek Michalek scored for the Blues, who never led and missed a chance to clinch a playoff spot with a victory. St. Louis has lost two straight at home, has one win its last six games...

The Vancouver Canucks are stumbling as they attempt to solidify their hold on an advantageous spot in the standings.
The St. Louis Blues have fared even worse in their pursuit of home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs and would appear to face a considerable challenge Monday night given their recent woes against Vancouver.
The Canucks (43-27-5) have dropped their past...

John Klingberg scored 4:13 into overtime as the Dallas Stars edged the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday night.
Jamie Benn, Patrick Eaves, and Tyler Seguin scored in regulation for the Stars, while Kari Lehtonen made 32 saves.
Eddie Lack stopped 36 shots for the Canucks, who got goals from Nick Bonino, Chris Higgins and Radim Vrbata. Christopher Tanev recorded his first two-point...

A strong second half has the Vancouver Canucks primed to rejoin the postseason, but the ultra-competitive Western Conference won't afford them any comfort the rest of the way.
With a slight cushion in the playoff race, the Canucks face off Saturday night with the Dallas Stars, whose desperate late-season push suffered a near-fatal hit their last time out.
Vancouver (43-27-4) has...

Jonathan Quick took exception to Henrik Sedin pursuing a loose puck. As we’ve seen in the past, that means punches from the Kings goaltender. This time his opposing netminder, Eddie Lack, skated to center ice and challenged Quick to come out and meet him.
Quick declined.
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Jonathan Quick took exception to Henrik Sedin pursuing a loose puck. As we’ve seen in the past, that means punches from the Kings goaltender. This time his opposing netminder, Eddie Lack, skated to center ice and challenged Quick to come out and meet him.
Quick declined.
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Derek Dorsett had a goal and two assists for the first three-point game of his career and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Saturday night.
Chris Higgins, Jannik Hansen and Shawn Matthias, into an empty net, also scored for Vancouver, and Eddie Lack made 28 saves.
Phil Kessel scorred for Toronto, and Jonathan Bernier made 31 saves. The Leafs were coming...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Zack Kassian's third-period goal lifted the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night.
Bo Horvat had the other goal for Vancouver, and Eddie Lack stopped 29 shots as the Canucks beat the Ducks in regulation for the first time in more than two years.
Emerson Etem had the lone goal for the Ducks, who have dropped two straight...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Sam Gagner scored the lone goal in the shootout, helping the Arizona Coyotes snap a 10-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
Mike Smith kept the Canucks off the scoreboard in the shootout after the Coyotes allowed two third-period goals to relinquish a 2-0 lead. Smith finished with 32 saves for Arizona, which hadn't...

Sam Gagner scored the lone goal in the shootout, helping the Arizona Coyotes snap a 10-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
Mike Smith kept the Canucks off the scoreboard in the shootout after the Coyotes allowed two third-period goals to relinquish a 2-0 lead. Smith finished with 32 saves for Arizona, which hadn't won since Feb....

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Nick Bonino, Radim Vrbata and Chris Higgins scored in the shootout as the Vancouver Canucks recovered from blowing a three-goal lead for a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night.
Eddie Lack made 34 saves for Vancouver, while Shawn Matthias, Yannick Weber, Jannik Hansen, Henrik Sedin and Bonino each had goals in regulation.
Ryan Reaves, Alex...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Nick Bonino, Radim Vrbata and Chris Higgins scored in the shootout as the Vancouver Canucks recovered from blowing a three-goal lead for a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night.
Eddie Lack made 34 saves for Vancouver, while Shawn Matthias, Yannick Weber, Jannik Hansen, Henrik Sedin and Bonino each had goals in regulation.
Ryan Reaves, Alex...

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins dominated large portions of Tuesday night’s game against the Vancouver Canucks, but it wasn’t enough in a 2-1 loss.
Boston had an 80-41 shot attempt edge, a 41-28 shots on goal advantage and won 64 percent (48 for 75) of the faceoffs. The only problem for the Bruins — one that’s been an issue throughout the season — was an inability to capitalize...

BOSTON (AP) Zack Kassian broke a 1-1 tie with a goal early in the third period and Eddie Lack preserved the lead with 13 of his 40 saves in the final period for the Vancouver Canucks in a 2-1 win over the struggling Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.
Daniel and Henrik Sedin both picked up assists on the tiebreaking goal 6:47 into the third as the Canucks beat the struggling Bruins...

The Boston Bruins only managed one goal against the Vancouver Canucks, but it wasn’t for a lack of scoring chances.
It was because of, well, Lack.
Canucks goaltender Eddie Lack was peppered with shots Tuesday night at TD Garden, but he skated away with with 40 saves in Vancouver’s 2-1 win over Boston. Bruins winger Daniel Paille scored 1:05 into the...

Ryan Stanton celebrates with his teammates as Vancouver got the 2-1 victory. Photo: Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesThe Bruins returned to the TD Garden after a lengthy road trip that ended well, but was mostly unsuccessful. They welcomed the team they started their road trip with, the Vancouver Canucks. In the first period, Boston wasted no time scoring first when Daniel Paille broke his...

Eddie Lack didn't expect to share a shutout with Ryan Miller.
But Lack's 27 saves in relief proved to be exactly what the Vancouver Canucks needed on Sunday night.
Lack was perfect after Miller went down with an apparent leg injury early in the second period and the Canucks blanked the New York Islanders 4-0 to keep pace in the tight Western Conference playoff race.
Zack Kassian...

GAME RECAP
As New York thawed out from under weeks of snow this afternoon, the New York Islanders finished off their one and only five-games-in-seven-nights stint this evening, the longest run of games allowed under NHL regulations. And no one Islander, coach or player, used this scheduling reality as the reason for tonight’s underwhelming performance, but it was a prelude to...

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) Eddie Lack made 27 saves in relief of an injured Ryan Miller and the Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Islanders 4-0 on Sunday.
Zack Kassian, Radim Vrbata and Bo Horvat scored in the second period for Vancouver, which kept pace in the tight Western Conference playoff race.
The 34-year-old Miller, in his first season with the Canucks, left with an apparent...

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